JUNE — JULY 2016

our lives laborersour hearts

to be one with Your heart.

through others. through our prayers and

ministry efforts.

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One and growing! Page 3

GProCongress Page 2

Readyfor Rio? Page 5

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Pray2020 1st Anniversary

How have God’s people encouraged you to walkin a faithful, sustained journey of prayer?

May Pray2020 stimulate many with Scripture.

GOD-dependent Philippians 4:6

Worries tend to grow beyond our control!May specific petitions and praises shape your worries

into prayers, letting God know your concerns.

GProCongress Nehemiah 8:9

Praise God for 2,549 pastoral trainer registrantsfrom 106 countries! Pray for any remaining unissued visas

to be successfully expedited.

MOLD our hearts Philippians 4:7

Pray you stay attentive as the Spirit develops peace that guards your hearts and minds as Christdisplaces worry at the center of your life.

GProCongress Nehemiah 8:10

Volunteer Team: Pray for grace, joy, strength and wisdom as they handle housing, local transportation, signage

and volunteer coordination.

GProCongress Exodus 33:14

Pastoral trainer delegates: Pray for God’s provisionfor those from financially challenged areas

and mental/spiritual preparation for each delegate.

GProCongress Isaiah 60:22

Program preparation: Ask the Lord to grant wisdomand direction for GProConnext, as it seeks to fruitfully

extend the impact of the Congress

GOD-dependent Philippians 4:5

Do you feel burdened by worries even as the day begins?Ask God to show you sources of your worries,

and talk to Him about each one.

Global Proclamation Congress (GProCongress)

June 15-21, Bangkok, Thailand

Advocate: WEA Covened by: RREACH

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GProCongress Isaiah 60:1-5

Pray as delegates are challenged to mentor25 pastors per year for the next four years, in a lifestyle

of personal, family and corporate prayer.

GProCongress Romans 15:13

Pray that God cultivates a lifestyle of intimacyand God-dependence through prayer - as individuals,

in their families and in their churches.

Every Church-Planting Movement (CPM) and Discipleship-Multiplication Movement is also fundamentally a prayer movement. Fervently calling upon God in faith is foundational to the miraculous move of God’s Spirit. Of course, CPMs do not occur only through prayer; reproducing evangelism, discipleship, church planting and leadership development are all essential. But without a move of the Spirit, and thrusting ourselves upon Him in prayer, these latter elements are mere mechanics …

We cannot say that if you are more spiritually mature, you will have a greater movement of God. What we can say is that no movement will occur if we are not spiritually in-tuned people … This begins in seeking God deeply in prayer. Fervent, faith-filled intercession is the spiritual climate of every movement. Since a movement is, by definition, a move of God’s Spirit, we must beseech the Father to act powerfully in bringing His kingdom and redeeming the lost.

Led by the SpiritStarting the day in prayer is just the prelude to walking in the

Spirit throughout the day, following His promptings. How easy it is for us to begin the day in prayer and the Word, asking to be filled with the Spirit, only to walk in our own leading when we get off our knees and into the streets! Abiding in Christ (John 15) is much more than a quiet time. Rather it is a posture of reliance upon God, following the leading of his Spirit. It is praying without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:17) - staying in connection with the Father. It is how Jesus lived His life:

Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of His own accord, but only what He sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.

(John 5:19, ESV)

Prayer is the spiritual climate of every movement of God. The personal prayer life of each movement catalyst is a precious treasure to the Father. It is this interaction with God that sets the foundation for a movement.

~ Steve Smith from Frontier Missions, July - August 2014

The Prayer Lifeof a

Movement CatalystOne Year Ago!

In spring of 2015, two missionaries were discussing just what it might take for “every nation and every tribe” to be reached for Christ. One thing they readily agreed upon. Prayer--strategic, united, persistent prayer--is key to fulfilling what has become known as the Great Commission. When God brings His world mission to completion, it will be in response to His followers’ prayers.

By June 2015, Pray2020 had been organized, to encourage the body of Christ to unite around ONE SUMMARY PRAYER REQUEST. Matthew 9:37-38 records that central prayer, asking the Lord to raise up additional labor for His spiritual harvest:

Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest field.”

From day one, Pray2020 has also highlighted SEVERAL SPECIFIC PRAYER REQUESTS:

• A number of mission partners share a numerical goal for December 31, 2020. We all are praying for at least 10 million Christ-centered, multiplying disciples sent out, as well as 5 million new churches/faith communities.

• Pray2020.org suggests a three-part prayer about qualities and priorities for His workers.

MOLD our hearts to be one with Your heart.MULTIPLY our lives through others, Lord.MOBILIZE laborers through our prayers and ministry efforts.

Pray2020 pictures a day when Christ-centered, multiplying disciples—people who love Jesus and are actively looking to make new disciples—are spread throughout the world so that the Great Commission has the potential to be fulfilled in our generation! Every person and every church or ministry has a vital part to play. God longs for the good news of Christ’s love, forgiveness and power to be known in every part of the world.

You may set a personal alarm for 20:20 (8:20 p.m.). You might use a petition from this Prayer Journal. Pray2020.org offers ideas for teaming up with others to pray. The site tells how God has been working in response to prayer these past 12 months. May He be glorified the next four years!

www.pray2020.org #PRAY2020 @Pray_2020

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PRAYEREnlivens Movements

Global Prayer Summit Philippians 4:9

Pray for favor and blessing on each prayer leaderas they carry out their role of developing a culture of prayer

in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Global Prayer Summit Joshua 1:9

A Summit prayer focus: “Lord, mold our hearts toward shifts You want to make in our leadership of Pray2020

and this movement You raised up.”

Last April, GACX board members and special guests met to develop a strategic plan for the next five years. The group experienced a significant breakthrough as they realized their vast inability to reach this wild, God-sized goal of 5 million additional churches (1 for every 1,000 population) by 2020 in our own humanity.

The perspective significantly shifted from anxiety and doubt over their own inability, to awestruck worship of the One who asks in Scripture, “Is there anything too difficult for me?” As they acknowledged their complete dependency on God, prayer became the number one priority in the GACX Strategic Plan.

On the last morning of the GACX Strategic Planning, the GACX Leadership Team went so far as to sign a “Deed of Purchase” much as Jeremiah did, by faith, in Jeremiah 32:

“This Deed lays claim to Five Million New Churches purchased in faith by The Global Alliance for Church Multiplication. In faith we have covenanted to be a

catalyst to plant at least 5 million new, healthy, multiplying, dispersed, sustainable churches by 2020.”

NUMERO UNO

Global Prayer Summit Psalm 23:3

May the heart and vision of each prayer leader be refreshed: “True to your word, You let me catch my breath

and send me in the right direction.”

Global Prayer Summit Isaiah 55:3-5

June 21-25: Prayer leaders representing every continent will gather to learn from God and one anotherand better coordinate Pray2020 efforts.

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GOOD SOILAsk the Lord of the harvest to multiply this 30, 60 or 100 times.

The Olympic Games bring the eyes of the world to Rio via the media, but they also bring the people of the world into this city. As people watch, live and breathe the Olympics, we desire to impact them with the gospel, via one of several strategies. The thread woven through them all is the dependence upon prayer and God working through those prayers:

• The Olympics Prayer Team - our goal is 25,000 people closely involved in the ministry in Rio through their prayers. In the past we have had classes sign up, following and researching the five Olympic athletes whose names they received. We also have had “Fantasy Olympics” where family members competed with one other based upon the athletes they received, to see who gets the most medals or highest finishes.

• The media - Struggle and Triumph features four Olympic athletes from around the world and is translated into 35 different languages. We partner with many media outlets to broadcast it on national TV and/or via satellite into various sensitive countries. Plus, we use struggleandtriumph.com as the hub for all of our ministry, follow-up and distribution.

• Social media - The ministry strategy is to go where the people are and engage them on their own turf. Social media campaigns will be designed and translated, and special ads will be purchased to “focus” in on specific people groups, fans and/or countries.

• Partnerships - the key to any successful, lasting ministry. One partnership is providing Struggle and Triumph space on the JESUS film

app, so our trained staff and volunteers will be able to engage people in conversations and share the gospel from their phones. Operation World is partnering with the Olympics Prayer Team so that members will know the exact spiritual and cultural needs of the athletes and what they will be going home to after the closing ceremony.

• The Struggle and Triumph Bible and devotionals – athletes will not go home empty-handed, as there will be 6,000 Bibles in Rio, ready to be given to them. Along with the Bibles, a 33-day devotional series will be available on the YouVersion Bible app. The athletes will have resources to develop a spiritual discipline of being and growing in God’s Word.

Imagine 25,000+ people from around the world, praying by name for the Olympians in Rio! This summer you can begin to pray for them personally to hear or receive the gospel, be resourced with a Bible and equipped with the Struggle & Triumph devotional series (in their language) for their journey back to their home country.

Sign up to be a part of the Olympic Prayer Team:• You’ll receive the names of five Olympians, along with information about their

countries, which you can use to pray for them during and after the Olympics.• You’ll receive updates about the ministry happening inside and out of the

Olympic Village.

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Olympic Prayer Team

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• You’ll receive specific prayer requests from Olympic chaplains who are in direct contact with the athletes.

• You’ll receive social media alerts to help spread the word about the prayer team.

You may come up with other ways to connect with your athletes and local community as you pray for Olympians! But in previous years, prayer team members have come around their athletes in these ways:

• Family members signed up individually and then tracked the success of their athletes in a bit of friendly competition.

• School and Sunday school classes prayed for and followed their athletes’ competitions, while also studying their unique homelands and cultures.

• Churches used content from Struggle & Triumph in sermons and classroom lessons.

It only takes a click to sign up and receive the prayer requests and ministry updates. Right before the Olympics you will receive the names of five Olympians to pray for personally!

www.struggleandtriumph.org/prayer

Not able to travel to Rio? Suit up by signing up for this Olympic Prayer Team! Invite your friends and church to join you. Follow Athletes in Action (AIA) social media, and share their sign-up links, athlete profiles and faith articles. While you are praying for an Olympian, you may also be impacting a family member or friend with AIA content!

Athletes will be physically training and mentally preparing for their Olympic events. It’s through prayer that the competition for their hearts and souls will be won eternally. Allow God to use you to mobilize His body!

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Olympic Prayer Team

“Lord, prepare our minds for action!(1 Peter 1:13)” ~ Sergei, Eastern Europe

“Let us pray!” ~ Zchat, West Africa

“Prayer is our vital contribution to making disciples!” ~ Carol, Southeast Asia

Together BlessingsPraying together moves people from seeking their purposes to

desiring God’s purposes. Most people’s prayers seek the best fix for a situation. We typically pray whatever we are told to pray for a situation, with no real thought of “What does God want to do here?” Something happens to that dynamic, however, when people pray together. They start to let go of their desires to see their purposes fulfilled and start to open themselves up to what God wants.

The value of this to a church is huge when it comes to ministry and decision making. If people pray together over an issue, even if people come to prayer thinking they know what the church should do, praying together opens them up to God’s desire. People who are disgruntled with decisions a church has made usually have not prayed with the body over that issue. Pray together and watch unity grow.

The ChallengeJeremiah 29:11-13 is a powerful promise written to a corporate

body of people. “‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord,‘ plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.’”

The “all” there is numeric - God is saying if all of you would seek Me, you will find the plans I have for you. If we want to see God’s blessing in our churches, if we want to see Jesus’ transforming power, the dynamic ministry of the Holy Spirit in our midst, then we need to pray together.

~ Jonathan Graf, President of Church Prayer Leaders Network

Mission organization leaders Ephesians 5:18

The Lord who gives leaders their roles wants us to pray for them. May they lead, continuously filled

with the Holy Spirit’s leading and control.

Mission organization leaders Ephesians 5:16

God has told us to pray for our leaders. May they developin making the most of every opportunity He gives,

with a godly sense of urgency.

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Olympics Prayer Team Matthew 8:8

Join us in asking God to open doors for ministry team members to connect with the athletes, coaches

and federation officials in busy Rio.

Olympics Prayer Team Genesis 18:13-15

Intercede for the Lord to work in the timing and all details of securing the timely travel and visa paperwork

for AIA staff traveling to Rio.

Olympics Prayer Team Acts 2:39

Would you please pray for an effective, fruitfulStruggle and Triumph social media campaign

to drive online traffic to the website?

Olympics Prayer Team Matthew 8:13

Thank the Lord for granting favor for the 12Athletes in Action chaplains to be granted official status

to minister in the Olympic Village.

Olympics Prayer Team Romans 8:31

The Struggle and Triumph Bible – pray about the production/printing, on-time arrival and unhindered, complete

distribution to the athletes.

MOLD our hearts 2 Thessalonians 3:5

Praise God for a growing awareness throughoutthe body of Christ that He will work through us best

when we leave our logos and egos at the door.

MULTIPLY our lives Jeremiah 29:12

During these next few months, pray for thethousands of missionaries and students

learning and growing together on summer missions.

MULTIPLY our lives 1 Timothy 4:7-16

To reach our 2020 global goal, pray for the body of Christto excel still more in turning new and existing believers

into Multiplying Disciples.

Olympics Prayer Team Ezekiel 26:26

Pray with those who are reaching out during the Olympics – for God to prepare and mold their hearts,along with those who will hear the gospel.

Olympics Prayer Team Psalm 133:1

Praise God for the strong partnership He establishedamong the staffs of Athletes in Action,

The JESUS Film Project and Operation World.

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MOBILIZE laborers Mark 9:1

Thank God for growing partnerships He has arrangedfor The JESUS Film Project, Josh McDowell Ministries,

Global Aid Network, and others.

God works through the prayers of His people to ignite spiritual movements. As Spirit-filled disciples “pray without ceasing,” the Lord increases faith, causes growth and brings about fruitfulness to glorify Himself (John 15:1-17).

Stories are the building blocks of all movements. The early church multiplied as the stories about Jesus spread everywhere. It continues to grow alongside stories of what He is doing now.

The Global Prayer team invites you to:► Share stories of God answering prayer. Please email a brief summary of the story to global.prayer@cru.org and we will contact you before passing along your story.

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MOBILIZE laborers Luke 13:35

Ask God to accelerate the great things He is doingtoward the 2020 goal through GACX partners(Global Alliance for Church Multiplication).

Personal needs ... Requests to share ...

Church, group or team needs ... Answers to share ...

Called to the Great Commission. Called to prayer.

MOBILIZE laborers Jeremiah 29:13

Lift up in prayer with thanksgiving all the student leaders on summer missions, practical preparation as

life-long multiplying disciples.

MOBILIZE laborers Leviticus 26:8

To reach our 2020 goal of 5 million new churches,ask God to mobilize many new and existing partners

toward this major shared goal.